MERYL STREEP

MERYL STREEP

Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times

Meryl Streep cut loose and had some fun earlier this year with the musical "Mamma Mia!" Now she's back in the kind of role she is best known for -- as a nun questioning a priest's motives in the film "Doubt."

Meryl Streep cut loose and had some fun earlier this year with the musical "Mamma Mia!" Now she's back in the kind of role she is best known for -- as a nun questioning a priest's motives in the film "Doubt." (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Meryl Streep cut loose and had some fun earlier this year with the musical "Mamma Mia!" Now she's back in the kind of role she is best known for -- as a nun questioning a priest's motives in the film "Doubt."